Jonathon Milne

Experience Highlights

• Acting and appearing for officeholders and companies in relation to various cross-border restructuring matters (see, for example, Cineworld, Tailored Brands, Dexin, Atlas Financial Holdings, Silver Base, GTI Holdings, Sun Cheong, China Bozza, Differ Auto, Golden Wheel and CAA Resources)
• Advising in relation to complex and high-profile shareholder disputes (see, for example, Virginia Solution SPC Ltd and Seahawk)
• Appearing as lead advocate on behalf a multi-national solar energy company (formerly listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange) in successfully discharging a Mareva injunction and removing receivers, and striking out a creditor’s winding up petition (see Hudson Capital Solar Infrastructure v Sky Solar Holdings Ltd and Re Sky Solar Holdings Ltd)
• Appearing on behalf of officeholders, directors, managers, companies and creditors in relation to all manner of contested proceedings (see, for example, RBH Holdings, Spectra, Ayers Alliance, LinkSure, Stanford International, Barents Re, Avivo Group, BB Shares, Apollomics, Touradji Private Equity, Matrix Inc, China Resources and Transportation Group Ltd., Grafton Resources, TCA Global and Guoan International Ltd)
• Advising the liquidators of a large Madoff feeder fund in relation to a US$2 billion claim against former service providers to the fund, including briefing expert and factual witnesses, managing electronic discovery, drafting submissions, appearing at a four month first instance trial and a 10 day appeal dealing with issues of limitation, reflective loss, causation and contributory negligence (see Primeo v Bank of Bermuda)
• Acting for a major Nigerian retail bank in relation to successful fraud and tracing claims against a former CEO and founder of the bank, culminating in a £700 million damages award, including appearing at a two month long trial held between Lagos and London (see Access Bank plc v Akingbola)
• Engaged as an expert on Cayman Islands law before various foreign tribunals

Professional Background

• Mourant (Cayman)
• Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (London)
• Philip Lee (Dublin)
• Russell McVeagh (Auckland)

Education

• Global Insolvency Practice Course, INSOL Fellow
• South Eastern Circuit advanced advocacy programme at Oxford University
• College of Law (New Zealand) advanced litigation skills programme
• Victoria University of Wellington – conjoint LLB and BA (majoring in criminology and political science)
• Awarded a Russell McVeagh scholarship for the study of law

Bar Admissions

• Cayman Islands, Attorney-at-Law
• England and Wales, Higher Rights of Audience
• Ireland, Solicitor (not currently practising)
• New South Wales, Australia, Barrister and Solicitor (not currently practising)
• New Zealand, Barrister and Solicitor (not currently practising)

奖项与荣誉

• 荣列《法律 500 强》加勒比海地区 2023 年版“新世代合伙人”（自 2020 年起入选该名录）（争议解决）
• 入选《钱伯斯全球指南》2022 年及 2023 年版“崭露头角”律师名单（争议解决）

Associations

• Cayman Islands Law Practitioners Association, INSOL International, RISA, American Brankruptcy Institute